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blood behind it. No offense, my love, but you are only half Fae. If anything, the child will be more my side than yours.”
I stare at him. No offense? “I see,” I say to him stiffly. “You are already staking a claim for it for your side.”
“What?” he asks and looks askance. “No, Aefre, of course I’m not. This is our child, ours, and we are going to go home and raise it as we see fit. No one else. When the time is right, he or she will take their rightful place here.”
I unfreeze slightly, but then I think back to everything that Drake said and shake my head. “No. This child is going to be nothing but the cause of war. I will not allow it. I need to get outside and Shift.” Meaning to my Dragon form, that is.
“No!” Sebastian says as he grabs my arm in a death grip. “If you do that, you will kill it.”
“I know,” I say sadly.
“Aefre!” he says, shocked to his core. “You cannot do this. The child is destined to prevent war, not cause it, and…and it is ours.”
“And already we are fighting over it. Don’t you see, if even we cannot agree, how is everyone else supposed to?” I ask desperately.
“There is nothing to fight about, Aefre. This isn’t about choosing sides. This is about a new life, one that we created.” He caresses my stomach gently. “Destiny aside, I want this with you more than anything. More than a marriage, as this is ours. Something that you and I made together. Just us. You cannot take it away from us,” he says quietly, taking my face in his hands.
“But if I don’t, then Drake will. This was his plan all along. This is why it is so important to him. He knows how powerful it will be and wants it firmly on his side.”
“No. We will go to see my father at once. Aelfric will ensure that never happens. I promise you, Aefre, no one will take this baby from us.”
I snuffle into his chest as he pulls me close. “Please, promise me that you won’t do anything foolish,” he begs me. “Please, promise me.”
I nod. “Protect it, Sebastian, at the birth. I will be incapable and I need you to promise me that you will keep it safe. Don’t let him take it,” I murmur to him.
“I promise you, Aefre, with my last dying breath I will keep our baby safe.”
I nod again and he kisses me. “Come, we must go to the Light. Aelfric will want to know of Drake’s plans.”
Chapter 6
“No, this isn’t the way it is supposed to be.” Sebastian is yelling at his father and I am thinking again what a bad idea this was to begin with. “Neither of you are taking this child. It is mine and Aefre’s and we will be raising it back at home. I expected better from you than from him,” he spits out furiously.
“Kalen,” Aelfric says in a calming voice. “You must realize how precious this child is. You have been gone for so long and you are still not the son I wanted you to be. That cannot be changed, but the child can take your place,” he adds in that pseudo-soothing voice he has. Don’t let the fact that he is Light Fae fool you. He is just as conniving as Drake is, only less overt about it.
“The child is not taking anyone’s place. It is supposed to make its own place. That is its destiny.” Sebastian is still yelling and I am getting agitated. I want to go home and forget about all of this. Go away with Constantine before things start to show and he rebuffs me.
“Sebastian, let’s go,” I say quietly, pushing my blonde hair out of my eyes in defeat, having been prudent enough to Shift to back my natural form before entering this Court, which is acceptable to the Light.
He turns to me and I can sense his emotions going off the chart from where I am standing. He is about to have an apoplexy and that is not good news. I need to get him out of here before he does some damage.
“Please,” I say. “I just want to go home.”
He softens slightly at that and nods briskly. “Of course. We need to get you back home safe.”
“You aren’t going
I stare at him. No offense? “I see,” I say to him stiffly. “You are already staking a claim for it for your side.”
“What?” he asks and looks askance. “No, Aefre, of course I’m not. This is our child, ours, and we are going to go home and raise it as we see fit. No one else. When the time is right, he or she will take their rightful place here.”
I unfreeze slightly, but then I think back to everything that Drake said and shake my head. “No. This child is going to be nothing but the cause of war. I will not allow it. I need to get outside and Shift.” Meaning to my Dragon form, that is.
“No!” Sebastian says as he grabs my arm in a death grip. “If you do that, you will kill it.”
“I know,” I say sadly.
“Aefre!” he says, shocked to his core. “You cannot do this. The child is destined to prevent war, not cause it, and…and it is ours.”
“And already we are fighting over it. Don’t you see, if even we cannot agree, how is everyone else supposed to?” I ask desperately.
“There is nothing to fight about, Aefre. This isn’t about choosing sides. This is about a new life, one that we created.” He caresses my stomach gently. “Destiny aside, I want this with you more than anything. More than a marriage, as this is ours. Something that you and I made together. Just us. You cannot take it away from us,” he says quietly, taking my face in his hands.
“But if I don’t, then Drake will. This was his plan all along. This is why it is so important to him. He knows how powerful it will be and wants it firmly on his side.”
“No. We will go to see my father at once. Aelfric will ensure that never happens. I promise you, Aefre, no one will take this baby from us.”
I snuffle into his chest as he pulls me close. “Please, promise me that you won’t do anything foolish,” he begs me. “Please, promise me.”
I nod. “Protect it, Sebastian, at the birth. I will be incapable and I need you to promise me that you will keep it safe. Don’t let him take it,” I murmur to him.
“I promise you, Aefre, with my last dying breath I will keep our baby safe.”
I nod again and he kisses me. “Come, we must go to the Light. Aelfric will want to know of Drake’s plans.”
Chapter 6
“No, this isn’t the way it is supposed to be.” Sebastian is yelling at his father and I am thinking again what a bad idea this was to begin with. “Neither of you are taking this child. It is mine and Aefre’s and we will be raising it back at home. I expected better from you than from him,” he spits out furiously.
“Kalen,” Aelfric says in a calming voice. “You must realize how precious this child is. You have been gone for so long and you are still not the son I wanted you to be. That cannot be changed, but the child can take your place,” he adds in that pseudo-soothing voice he has. Don’t let the fact that he is Light Fae fool you. He is just as conniving as Drake is, only less overt about it.
“The child is not taking anyone’s place. It is supposed to make its own place. That is its destiny.” Sebastian is still yelling and I am getting agitated. I want to go home and forget about all of this. Go away with Constantine before things start to show and he rebuffs me.
“Sebastian, let’s go,” I say quietly, pushing my blonde hair out of my eyes in defeat, having been prudent enough to Shift to back my natural form before entering this Court, which is acceptable to the Light.
He turns to me and I can sense his emotions going off the chart from where I am standing. He is about to have an apoplexy and that is not good news. I need to get him out of here before he does some damage.
“Please,” I say. “I just want to go home.”
He softens slightly at that and nods briskly. “Of course. We need to get you back home safe.”
“You aren’t going
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